Neil Sedaka Quotes

I've always enjoyed seeing the world through the eyes of my grandchildren.
If you have a passion for something, never be discouraged by anyone.
Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.
Music is so much a part of me: my parents told me that when I was an infant, I wouldn't eat unless the radio was playing music.
My music is nostalgic. The early Neil Sedaka songs are always catchy and very singable.
My songs lie somewhere in between the evergreen standards, rock n' roll and pop.
My teachers said, 'Always keep a Beethoven sonata under your fingers.' I always have. I still play chamber music, and I always play classical.
People seem to think of me as a goody-goody who never curses, but I can be very nasty if I'm pushed. Cross me too many times, and I'll never talk to you again.
The Apollo Theatre was a difficult audience, and if they didn't like you, they would let you know. Luckily, they liked me.
The hymn 'Amazing Grace' is so inspirational - I wish I'd written it.
The spiritual writing of the song is where you're chosen as a vehicle, and it comes from something up above. You don't move; it writes itself. It's very spooky, but that's happened to me just a few times.
There have been 700 or 800 songs I've written over the last 60 years, as I went through different periods of writing. I listen and marvel at how different they are and how they still stand up. They are very well done, if I must say so.
These are some of my awards - an Ivor Novello, a Variety Club Silver Heart, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. I also have a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and a street named after me in Brooklyn where I used to live.
Tra-la-las and doo-be-do's became a Neil Sedaka trademark. I was the king of the tra-la-las and doo-be-do's in the '50s and '60s. But then when I re-recorded 'Breaking Up,' I started with a verse instead of the doo-be-do's!
When the Beatles came to America and took me off the map, I thought I would return the favor, and I moved the family to England!
You have to learn how to sing from your diaphragm, and you don't become a great performer overnight. It takes a while. The more you do it, the better you are.
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